Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan (/æzərbaɪˈdʒɑːn/(About this soundlisten) AZ-ər-by-JAHN; Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan [ɑːzæɾbɑjˈd͡ʒɑn]), authoritatively the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Respublikası [ɑːzæɾbɑjˈd͡ʒɑn ɾespublikɑˈsɯ]), is a nation in the South Caucasus area of Eurasia at the junction of Eastern Europe and Western Asia.[7] It is limited by the Caspian Sea toward the east, Russia toward the north, Georgia toward the northwest, Armenia toward the west and Iran toward the south. The exclave of Nakhchivan is limited by Armenia toward the north and east, Iran toward the south and west, and has a 11 km long outskirt with Turkey in the northwest.

The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic announced its autonomy in 1918 and turned into the main popularity based Muslim state. In 1920 the nation was fused into the Soviet Union as the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.[8][9] The cutting edge Republic of Azerbaijan announced its autonomy on 30 August 1991,[10] in the blink of an eye before the disintegration of the USSR around the same time. In September 1991, the Armenian dominant part of the debated Nagorno-Karabakh area withdrew to frame the Republic of Artsakh.[11] The locale and seven adjoining areas outside it wound up true free with the finish of the Nagorno-Karabakh War in 1994. These districts are globally perceived as a major aspect of Azerbaijan pending an answer for the status of the Nagorno-Karabakh through exchanges encouraged by the OSCE.[12][13][14][15]

Azerbaijan is a unitary semi-presidential republic.[2] It is one of six autonomous Turkic states and a functioning individual from the Turkic Council and the TÜRKSOY people group. Azerbaijan has discretionary relations with 158 nations and holds enrollment in 38 worldwide organizations,[16] including the United Nations (since 1992), the Council of Europe, the Non-Aligned Movement, the OSCE, and the NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) program. It is one of the establishing individuals from GUAM, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)[17] and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Azerbaijan likewise holds spectator status in the World Trade Organization.[16][18]

While over 89% of the populace is Shia Muslim,[19] the Constitution of Azerbaijan does not pronounce an official religion and all major political powers in the nation are secularist. Azerbaijan has an abnormal state of human advancement that positions keeping pace with most Eastern European countries.[20] It has a high rate of monetary development[21] and literacy,[22] just as a low rate of unemployment.[23] However, the decision party, the New Azerbaijan Party, has been blamed for dictatorship and human rights abuses.[24]